Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Forget the alleged nazi-era gun. Her meeting with Ron Banerjee's Rise Canada and other assorted nutjobs is probably the more important story. My readers will know Ron; he is let us say special. His greatest hits can be found through this link.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

This one is a personal kick in the nads for both the wife and I, as we prefer to take the buses in and out of Scarborough on work-days rather than upgrade our car insurance. If the Star is right, then going on with the status quo will cost me an extra $264 a year. I have always kept the car for weekend shopping and the odd vacation, but that might literally have to change if this measure goes through. So maybe one more car on the road 7 days a week, and Mother Gaia has to go fuck herself. Not very green, Justin.

Also, not very terribly gender-based, as women make up 57% of the TTC's ridership. The nannies that get bused in and out of rich-folks neighborhoods will be crying tonight. But I guess they're the wrong type of women, or at least not the type this budget is concerned with.

I know almost nothing else about what's in it, but that one measure left a bad smell in this TTCentric, greeny-weeny household.

Friday, March 17, 2017

I've timed it on several occasions, and when I set my washing machine to Express Wash, it tells me the wash will take 30 minutes. But it doesn't, it takes 37 minutes. Everything is fine until the last minute of the cycle, which takes 7 minutes. This seems dangerously misleading on the part of the manufacturer. You could be washing interview gear in there. You could lose a shot at a good job if you showed up 7 minutes late. And then your marriage could fall apart, and you could wind up addicted and homeless, sleeping in that porta-potty they left unlocked down by where they're renovating the Guildwood Inn.

This isn't about me, by the way. I'm good. There are larger issues at stake. How could something like this happen in 2017? Russian hackers hacking the Internet Of Washing Machines? Something must be done.